Tailored elastic surface to body wave Umklapp conversion
Umklapp scattering, an effect that has been conventionally studied in phonon systems in quantum transport, is studied here in an elastic system. The authors demonstrate mode conversion from surface Rayleigh waves into bulk waves that have uniquely tunable properties.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-06-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17021-x |